Most days, you’ll find Joost van Haren tromping through Arizona’s only tropical rainforest. An assistant research professor at the UA, van Haren works in the rainforest at Biosphere 2—in the middle of ...

To get to the nearest rainforest, from Tucson, that is, head up Oracle Road/Arizona Highway 77 and drive north for 24 miles. Next, at milepost 96.5, turn right onto Biosphere 2 Road. There you’ll find ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, just outside Tucson, Ariz., sits a massive, multilevel greenhouse that's probably best known as the inspiration for a Pauly Shore movie. A slick, stepped ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — You won't be able to enter the rainforest on your next trip to Biosphere 2 in Oracle. It's closed because a drought is about to "hit" the rainforest. An extensive $2.1 million research ...

Drought will soon descend on the University of Arizona's Biosphere 2 rain forest, and an international research team will be ready with an array of instruments to record what unfurls under the glass.

TUCSON - Residents can soon visit the rainforest without leaving the Grand Canyon State - the Biosphere 2 will reopen its rainforest ecosystem for public tours starting Saturday. Back in September, ...

ORACLE, Ariz. - After a four-month closure, Biosphere 2 will reopen its rainforest exhibit Saturday. The facility will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $21 for adults, $19 for ...

After two months of controlled drought, Biosphere 2’s tropical rainforest is dancing in the rain once again. The University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, located north of Tucson, is home to several ...

This segment is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story by Melissa Sevigny appeared on KNAU. The world’s ...

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly plugging away at research... ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, ...